Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-06-25
treasures. But actresses have usually neithe,

treasures. But actresses have usually neither
homes nor time to live in them. They work
and earn money. Let them spend it in silk
nightgowns, il they want to, without re-
buke. Let US all be happy in our own way.o
To which silently said, amen"
In the effort to be beautiful, women turn
as naturally to cosmetics as a suniower does
to the sun. They have not yet Travelled far
enough ON the road to true wisdom to know
that beauty comes not from without, but
from within Cosmetics they must and will
have, though the flour barrel be empty and
the shoemaker idle Well, I believe in them
to certain extent. Not in the various white
washes, powders, paints, pastes and other
horrors with which my deluded sisters cover
their faces, under the hallucination that they
are making themselves attractive" The
creed of my toilet is, not to try to plaster
over defects, but abolish them Don't be-
ieve In the identifying power Of every
toilet article put forth with Haunting praise
Study the pathology of the toilet. Inform
yourself of what you ought and what you
ought not to put on your face. When it
comes to snares and pitfalls the toilet counter
is full of them. l believe in taking care of a
good complexion and trying to improve a
bad one.
What makes one woman old at 80 and an
other younger at 500 One takes no care Of
her person; the other guards it as her most
precious earthly possession.
Recently friend took me to see cosmetic
man who, though manufacturer Of toilet
stuffs, is yet an honest man. He has tiny
room up stairs on popular thoroughfare
He is a Swede, and like nearly everybody
else in the world earns his bread by one bust
,pl,il hic ,ybn1a 10 Ave-
parently unattainable thing. We talked
about cold creams, balms, and other noted
agents of preservative powers, and he told
me what was harmful and what was not in
his own shop. Think of that. He talked
strongly of the virtues of simple things like
cold cream without any whitening proper
ties.
"Do you recommend powder for the faceT'
I asked him.
"No," he said, II do not, although make
several kinds, and am about to make an
other which will sweep everything before it.
But ladies will use it, and so sell it. Even
the powders that have no pernicious in
gredient in them do harm. They clog I'D the
pores of the skin and prevent the natural
action OF the lungs of the skin, as it were
The skin must breathe. When we choke Off
its breath it dies and turns yellow. Never
use anything on the face that is very driving.
Keep the respiratory canals open and
flooded, and nature will reward you by her
best efforts"
He showed me various articles for .smaking
up" ladies' faces for party and stage effect:
but he told me the danger of each one of
them. He has his romance, too. lis geome-
try. Solids, surfaces, lines and angles are
more interesting to him than the face of the
most beautiful woman ever born. He has
new theories on the science and can't get them
before the public. That fact maketh his
heart sick. 1t is the bane or the glory of men
to want to do that which they are not doing.
Here in New York everybody, from the
bootblack to the philosopher, cherishes a
dream of some far away, dear delightful, IN
attainable thing which he will do when the
impossible has been made the possible. Per-
laps they will all be realized. Heaven grant
{. Perhaps even the cosmetic man will ono
lay be permitted to throw balms and powders
ind secrets of flesh coloring in life to the
logs and the Winds and revel in the exalted
Joys OF magnitudes. How the little matter
OF daily bread does keep us from soaringl
But, no doubt the discioline we get in nro-
curing said bread is very wholesome, o.Aer-
wise our soaring might take us out of the
realm OF the sensible and practical altogether.
NAOMI TRENT.